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Some Jewish people are pulling their mezuzahs off their doors and not wearing their kippahs because they’re afraid of the anti-Israel backlash in the wake of the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas. Do you think a day like that could come for Chris- tians someday? I do believe it will be
like that. And I think in some corners of our country, it is like that maybe.
But I feel like the
social media gives me an opportunity to try to speak God’s truth into the equation. That’s why I want to be able to use it as a platform. You know, we talk
about political issues and so forth. But political issues usually involve the moral issues that the politicians have stuck their nose into, like abortion and same-sex marriage. These are moral is- sues. And I’m going to speak out on those, and I think it’s important I do that.
I have people who call me, pastors and others, who say, “Thank you. Because you spoke out, it helps me to take a stand.” And that’s great; that’s what I want people to do, to take a stand. It’s not going to be
popular, we’re not go- ing to win a popularity
contest — but we want to be faithful. We want to win the contest of faith- fulness, because that’s what the Lord’s going to look at.
What do you see ahead as society becomes more and more fixated on a brave new world of technology and artificial intelligence?
I think as Christians,
we’d better look at what’s coming down the road and realize that we’re about to take a stand for Christ. And it may cost us our life to take that stand for him. The Bible is true.
Every word of it is true. I think we just watch with excitement as to what God plans. All of this is playing out according to God’s plan. Yes, AI technology is coming. Will a lot of people be helped? Yes. Will it be misused? Yes, sure it will. Look at television . . . is televi- sion something used by God? Sure. Has the devil been able to use televi- sion? You betcha he has; there’s a lot of trash out there. So, I’m not afraid of AI. But I think that we as Christians need to understand the limits. We should always be prepared.
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never would have been standing here [preach- ing], if Mama hadn’t prayed for me all through the years.” In his autobiography, Franklin highlights the
vision for global evangelism that inspired Ruth and Billy, and continues to drive him today. “What a testimony it would be to the name of
Jesus Christ,” he writes, “for a Christian organi- zation to be on the cutting edge of disaster relief — bringing God’s redemptive love to a lost and dying world.” Today, under his leadership, that vision has
become a reality at Samaritan’s Purse. Each time the wheels of one of its cargo
planes sets down on a runway in Kyiv, Kigali, or Tel Aviv, it offers living proof that Franklin Gra- ham’s dreams of a global Christian relief opera- tion have come to pass. Since 1998, it’s responded to 342 disasters
in the United States across 39 states, bringing desperately needed assistance to over 74,000 families. Internationally, it maintains 15 field offices abroad, operates over 50 mission hospi- tals across the globe, and manages Operation Christmas Child gift box distributions to chil- dren in 170 countries and territories. And like his father before him, Graham is al-
ways careful to keep the focus on Jesus. “We’re not there in the name of humanitari-
anism,” he tells Newsmax. “We are not respond- ing in the name of do-goodism. “We are responding in the name of Jesus
Christ.”
A Bad Wind Blows It’s 9:26 p.m., Dec. 10, 2021. Doppler radar de- tects a circular rotation in clouds over Mayfield, Kentucky, and the National Weather Service is- sues an emergency tornado warning: “This not a drill.”
Megan Williams, a single mom, lugs a twin-
size mattress and two lounge chairs to the base- ment of her home. Her mother calls Megan and warns her to take cover. “This is the big one,” she says.
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